On my mind (award anxiety edition)
This week, Nick has been wringing his hands over a couple of recent award redemptions. First, he questioned his own wisdom in trading in 64,250 Capital One "miles" for a $900 Marriott gift card...
(EXPIRED) BJ’s: Save Up To 20% On Select Gift Cards (Hotels.com, Southwest, Amtrak, Chipotle,...
BJ's Wholesale Club has launched a new sale today with a large number of gift card brands having discounts of up to 20%. With Southwest, Hotels.com, Amtrak, Lowe's, Starbucks and more with good discounts,...
A sweet spot hotel…and a rookie mistake
Earlier this week, I stumbled on what I think is a pretty awesome sweet spot hotel redemption in the US and I got pretty excited...and then I proceeded to make an absolutely boneheaded mistake....
How to book the cheapest flights with Chase Ultimate Rewards
Google Flights makes it easy to find super cheap airfare deals like the one pictured above. Within Google Flights, simply enter your origin city and departure date and then enter a region as a...
(EXPIRED) Register To Earn Double Points At EVEN Hotels (An IHG Brand) – Minimum...
IHG Rewards Club is offering double points at their EVEN Hotels brands when booking stays between August 1 and October 31, 2019, with the double points kicking in from the second night. With only...
When LifeMiles.com shows no availability, try a manual booking
Over the past couple of days, we've reported a sale on LifeMiles (See: Buy LifeMiles from 1.35cpp (and earn 5x doing it)) and an increase in the offer on the LifeMiles credit cards (See:...
Get IHG qualifying points from Chase transfer
There used to be a loophole for earning IHG status whereby one could transfer points from a bank to Virgin Atlantic miles and then transfer 1:1 from Virgin Atlantic to IHG and the points would count...
[Maybe dead] Lowest ever? Buy IHG points for 0.384c each
Note: I wrote this post and prepared to publish it. I went back to grab one last screen shot after I finished it and the prices seem to have gotten jacked up. I'm hopeful...
(EXPIRED) Australia to Honolulu from $216 round trip
We don't often cover airfare sales that originate outside of the United States, but this one could be paired with our recent Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot post to create a couple of...
[Update: Price increase 7/30] Luxury in Budapest starting at 8K per night, and suites...
Update 7/17/19: Today World of Hyatt has announced that this property will move up to Category 5 at 10:00am CT on July 30, 2019. That means the nightly rate will increase from 8K per night...
(EXPIRED) (Targeted) 10%-30% Transfer Bonus From Amex Membership Rewards To Hilton Honors
Update: As per comments below, some people are seeing a 30% transfer bonus.
American Express is offering a 10% bonus (and possibly higher?) when transferring Membership Rewards to Hilton Honors. This is a targeted offer,...
(EXPIRED) Greyhound: Save 25% For Sep/Oct Travel With Promo Code GIFT25 (Book By 7/17/19)
Even Greyhound wants to get in on the Prime Day festivities this week as they're offering a 25% discount when using promo code GIFT25 for travel in most of September and October. You'll need...
Aeroplan changes: lower fees, fewer options
Aeroplan has announced a few changes today. Some of them are positive and take effect immediately (lower fees and greater flexibility) while others are negative and take effect in September (changes to stopovers &...
(EXPIRED) IHG points & cash promo: 20% off cash portion (buy points for 0.56c,...
IHG has launched a new (targeted) promotion to get 20% off the cash portion of a points & cash reservation. These promos have historically been a good opportunity to buy IHG points cheaply. I'm seeing a...
